Bracket.



No. 859,454. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

A. LARSSON. BRACKET.

' APPLICATION FILED MAYBE, 1906.

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BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. 1906.

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BRACKET.

No. 859,45d. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application 516a May 22, 1906. Serial No. 318,149.

Patented July 9, 1907.

To all whom it may concern: other member of each hinge being fastened to a plate Be it known that I, ALFRED LARSSON, a subject of j 10 or 11 which plates are held by screws ]2.to the shelf the King of'Sweden, residing at Buffalo, in the county l 2 and support 1 respectively. Arranged to recipro- York, have invented certain new cate upon the arms 4 and 5 is aslidable retaining momand useful Improvements in Brackets, of which the l her 13 having inturned flanges 14 which are extended following is a'specification. Although the locking member The present invention relates to collapsible bracketsmay be in any form which will permit it readily to and is of general application where it is desired to sup; move, up and down upon the arms 4 and 5, I find the portafolding shelf or the like. construction herein illustrated the preferred one and I have found the invention to be of especially pracbest adapted to give satisfactory service in operation. tical utility 'in connection'with shelves attached to The operation of the device will be readily undertelephone wall sets and have so described the said instood from the foregoing description and accompanying vention in the following specification. drawing. I

The invention includes a bracket, composed of a Assuming that the shelf lies against the case 1 and it plurality of members hinged together, and means for is desired to use the shelf, the latter is lifted to its horilocking said bracket when in its extended position. zontal or extended position thus opening out the The principal object of the invention is to provide bracket which may then be locked by pushing the a bracket for a folding shelf which will enable the latdownward until its body span the ter; when collapsed, to lie closely against its support edges of the arms 4 and 5, adjacent the hinge 7. The and when the shelf is extended will form a firm base member 13 is prevented from descending too far and upon which writing or similar work may be performed. releasing the hinge by the abutments l5 resting against The accompanying drawing illustrates the preferred the protruding hinge 7. form of my invention and therei I When the shelf is to be collapsed the locking mem- Figllre l, i it perspective Vi w f I P i I f I t ber 13 is moved upwardly until it is free of the edges phone case having a shelf attached thereto in an eX- of the arms and the shelf .Z'is given a slightly downward tended position. Fig. 2, is a view similar to Fig 1 push until it falls by gravity and rests against casing 1. the Shelf Partially Closed down is Having thus described my invention what I claim -c of F entlrely extnded' as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: is a side elevational View of the bracket in an extended In a device of the character described, 18 bi afldn position and Fig. 5, is a side elevational of a support, a shelf hinged thereto, a bracket designed to bracket folded together.

A detailed description of the invention will now be given with the aid of the accompanying,drawings wherein l, designates a suitable support such as the casing of a telephone wall set to which the shelf 2 is movably attached, preferably by means of hinges 3. The bracket designed to support the shelf in an extended position comprises an upper arm 4 and a lower arm 5 each having one or I struck up from the material of which the arms are made. The arms 4 and 5 are joined as by a hinge 7, and each carries at its free end one member of a hinge 8 or 9.the

formed upon the flanges and designed to rest against the hinge uniting the arms.

Intestimony whereof I presence of two witnesses.

have al'fixedmy signature in ALFRED LARSSON. 

